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“The whole world knows that American TV companies have monopolized Olympic broadcasts and in order to please the fans in their country they do everything they can to keep American viewers interested in what is going on at the hockey rink in Sochi. According to their logic, Americans should always win, no matter what. It was absolutely obvious that [Fyodor] Tyutin's goal yesterday should have been allowed. This was clear to the whole world except the American referee, American TV and those officials with American passports who rule international hockey, grossly neglecting all Olympic principles.”

“But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey.”

Growing Up Growing Truth Is California Hockey

Author:Leigh Steinberg

“I was covered in scars from the beatings, and she used to say it was a hockey... She'd apologize. She was on pain. I understand that now, but you don't when you are three and four and you're being beaten to death with a hoover.”

Pain Used Three Four Abuse Covered Hockey Scar Apologizing Beaten Hoover

Author:Brenda Fricker

“If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding, skiing, rock-climbing and so on. Where should it stop? Rugby? American Football? Ice Hockey? Insofar as the government has information not generally available about the merits or demerits of the items we ingest or the activities we engage in, let it give us the information. But let it leave us free to choose what chances we want to take with our own lives.”

“I wasn't scared (during his first at-bat). I just told them (Mo Vaughn & Kevin Mitchell') to give me all that hockey equipment (forearm pad & shin guard respectively).”

Giving Firsts Give Me Scared Hockey Bats Equipment Kevin Pads

Author:Roger Clemens

“Nothing ever got my pulse racing (in a good way) like hockey. Well, nothing except Beyonce, but that wasn't until I was twelve or so. Then, all of a sudden, it was like I opened my eyes one day and noticed that the world is full of beautiful girls, and I've had a hard time thinking about anything else ever since.”

Thinking World Way Wells Hard Eye Beautiful Girl One Day Hard Times Hockey Racing Twelve Pulse Good Way Beautiful Girl Beyonce

Author:Justin Bieber

“I wondered how a man ever got an English girl into bed. What did they do with her hockey stick?”

Men Girl Bed Sticks Hockey Hockey Sticks

Book:Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan

Source: Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan

“I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.”

“I think now what you're seeing is guys that are in the peaks of their careers anywhere from 27 to 35 years old, seems to be when they play their best hockey.”

Thinking Years Play Seems Guy Sports Careers Seeing Hockey Best Hockey

Author:Mark Messier

“For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.”

Long I Can Wanted Remember Player Hockey Hockey Player

Author:Mario Lemieux

“My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us.”

Knows Wells Reason Kids Wanted Joy Fun Stuff Careers Teach Son Involved My Son Hockey

Author:Mario Lemieux

“I'm leaving the game of hockey with nothing but great memories...”

Games Memories Leaving Hockey Great Memories Best Hockey

Author:Joe Sakic

“When people discover they are no good at baseball or hockey, they put away their bats and their skates and they take up amateur golf or stamp collecting or gardening. But when people discover they are no good at picking stocks, they are likely to continue to do it anyway.”

People Baseball Golf Investing Hockey Gardening Bats Stamps Collecting Skates Stamp Collecting

Book:Beating the Street

Source: Beating the Street

“If I'm playing hockey, I want to win all the (trophies) I can.”

Ifs Want I Can Winning Hockey Trophies Playing Hockey

Author:Alexander Ovechkin

“Hockey is my life, you know. If I do not play hockey, I do not know what I do.”

Ifs Knows Play Hockey

Author:Alexander Ovechkin

“Canadian hockey players always find a way to get along.”

Way Player Hockey Hockey Player

Author:Carey Price

“It's lacrosse that helped teach me to spin off checks, take shots and protect the puck under pressure. My stick skills, the way to read the play quickly comes from lacrosse. The hand-eye coordination, is just one of the little things that helps you in hockey.”

Way Littles Play Helping Hands Eye Teach Protect Skills Shots Pressure Sticks Checks Just One Little Things Hockey Under Pressure Puck Coordination Lacrosse

Author:John Tavares

“The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.”

Priorities Canada Hockey Nhl

Author:Gary Bettman

“What kind of respect do I get? ... Just because I'm a physical player, it's O.K. to come at me and do what you want? Hey, it's a hockey game. It's not figure skating. You know what? I can take a hit and I can give a hit. I don't care who it is. No one gets a free ride out there. I don't get a free ride, and no one gets a free ride from me.”

Knows Want Giving Kind I Can Care Games Player Figures Don't Care What You Want Hey I Don't Care Hockey Skating Figure Skating

Author:Scott Stevens

“We don't want you at the rink, we don't want you in the stadium, we don't want you to watch hockey.”

Want Watches Hockey Stadiums

Author:Jeremy Roenick

“Bettman is an asshole. A frikkin asshole. I think he's ruined the game of hockey. He's supposed to be impartial. He's supposed to speak for the good of the league, but in my opinion, he's strictly behind the owners. Those 1996 rule changes are a joke”

Thinking Games Speak Behinds Opinion Jokes Supposed To Be League Owners Hockey Ruined

Author:Bob Probert

“Without the support of my mom, Marlene, I would not be the person I am. She has been my main supporter throughout my career, and I owe everything to her. This is a small way that we, as players, can pay tribute to her and other hockey moms, and it is all for a good cause.”

Way Persons Has Beens Causes Pay Careers Support Player Mom My Mom Hockey Supporter Tribute Good Causes Hockey Mom

Author:Sean Avery

“When I was a kid, I remember playing hockey outside and whenever you did, you thought about playing for Finland vs. Sweden. Thats just the way it was.”

Way Children Kids Remember Hockey Sweden Finland Playing Hockey

Author:Teemu Selanne

“I think we've been through a lot this season and it will be nice to move on. It's one step at a time though. The focus of our hockey club was great. We really stuck to our game plan and didn't get too high or too low and we definitely didn't get over excited.”

Thinking Moving Games Steps Focus Nice Plans Lows Seasons Clubs Excited Stuck Hockey Being Nice Get Over One Step At A Time Game Plan

Author:Martin Brodeur

“I had a lot of fun in those days. It was a great experience being in the Eastern Hockey League for the simple reason that you did not have a staff.”

Reason Fun Simple League Hockey Staff Eastern Great Experiences

Author:John Muckler

“But inside of me I knew that the Olympics were still there. I was still young enough. I knew that once I transitioned out of hockey, it would be really hard to go back.”

Stills Hard Enough Would Be Young Hockey Olympics

Author:Angela Ruggiero

“I feel honored and privileged to have represented the USA program over the past 16 years. USA Hockey will always be a part of me and I will cherish the experiences and memories with this team.”

Feels Years Past Memories Team Program Usa Cherish Hockey Privileged Honored Over The Past Experiences And Memories

Author:Angela Ruggiero

“In a way, by being fully committed to the Olympic movement globally, I'm better able to promote women's hockey and talk about women's hockey and put a face to women's hockey, to all the IOC members.”

Way Able Faces Movement Members Committed Hockey

Author:Angela Ruggiero

“There were no women's players I knew of. I didn't even know women's hockey existed.”

Knows Player Hockey

Author:Angela Ruggiero

“Hockey is an art. It requires speed, precision, and strength like other sports, but it also demands an extraordinary intelligence to develop a logical sequence of movements, a technique which is smooth, graceful and in rhythm with the rest of the game.”

Art Games Sports Movement Demand Extraordinary Speed Technique Rhythm Logical Hockey Smooth Sequence Precision

Author:Jacques Plante

“Nobody gives a crap about hockey down here - nobody. I coach kids' hockey down here and you can start to see the disinterest in the game here with the kids”

Giving Children Kids Games Sports Coaches Hockey Crap Disinterest

Author:Bobby Hull

“Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.”

Play Sports Team Fans Usa Hockey Hockey Fan

Author:Brett Hull

“Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.”

Left Causes Effort Practice Blood Tears Tomorrow Beats Hockey Sweat Blood Sweat And Tears

Author:Bobby Orr

“Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens, reserved large areas for football, hockey and parks. Earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches.”

Christian Church Space Growing Tree Streets Football Areas Garden Lays Wide Plenty Variety Parks Temples Hockey Reserved Lawns Mosques Christian Church Shady Earmarks

Author:Jamsetji Tata

“On his contract negotiations with the Devils: It's beyond money at this point. They're not even treating him as a member of their family, unless it's a dysfunctional family.”

Members Devil Contracts Hockey Negotiation Dysfunctional Family

Author:Kurt Overhardt

“Usually when I wielded a hockey stick, it meant somebody was going to get hurt. This is just a friendly match.”

Hurt Sticks Friendly Hockey Hurt Feelings Hockey Sticks

Author:Stan Mikita

“I can't control what people say or anything like that. I have to focus on what I can control and that's what I'm going to do.”

People I Can Focus Hockey

Author:Patrick Marleau

“What helped me was working with my breathing, specifically, using my breathing to stay sharp and focused under pressure and then cool and calm when the pressure was relieved.”

Focus Pressure Calm Focused Breathing Hockey Relieved Under Pressure

Author:Glen Hanlon

“It really helps to take a breath and think about what you really want to do out there.”

Thinking Want Helping Focus Breaths Hockey

Author:David Legwand

“You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile.”

Smile Shooting Hockey Being Positive

Author:Teemu Selanne

“I look at it as a challenge, ... I'm not going to put too much added pressure on myself. I want to play in the NHL, and after that [happens], I can worry about things beyond that.”

Want Looks I Can Play Happens Challenges Worry Too Much Pressure Hockey Nhl Being Positive

Author:Sidney Crosby

“One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game - if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.”

Ifs Knows Needs Feels Games Half Quality Player Keys Battle Fantastic Hockey Anticipation Puck Hockey Player Great Hockey

Author:Wayne Gretzky

“Women want a family life that glitters and is stable. They don't want some lump spouse watching ice hockey in the late hours of his eighteenth beer. They want a family that is so much fun and is so smart that they look forward to Thanksgiving rather than regarding it with a shudder. That's the glitter part. The stable part is, obviously, they don't want to be one bead on a long necklace of wives. They want, just like men, fun, love, fame, money and power. And equal pay for equal work.”

Men Want Looks Long Fun Women Hours Pay Wife Fame Equal Late Smart Ice Beer Hockey Stable Spouse Family Life Glitter Lumps Women Want Beads Ice Hockey Equal Pay Necklaces Money And Power

Author:Carolyn See

“At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.”

Wells Levels Player Pressure Hockey

Author:Mats Sundin

“I coach hockey players—some of them just happen to be girls. When I’m coaching youth hockey, I put the boys and girls together and they can’t tell the difference. They are just playing hockey.”

Happens Together Girl Differences Boys Player Youth Coaches Coaching Hockey Boy And Girl Hockey Player Playing Hockey

Author:Natalie Darwitz

“Hockey was such a part of my life, as well as my family’s, that I knew we were all going to miss it. For the first few weeks my son was in tears sobbing, ‘I miss you being a Red Wing daddy.’ I didn’t know what to say so we just cried together. Nobody prepares you for that kind of stuff.”

Knows Firsts Wells Kind Together Stuff Week Missing Tears Son Red My Family Wings My Son Hockey Cried Daddy Sobbing

Author:Kris Draper

“Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they’re trying to be a woman in a man’s game.”

Men Trying Games Hockey Playing Hockey

Author:Cammi Granato

“After the hockey stick, Sardara Singh scores with the broom! A great effort by him towards a Swachh Bharat.”

Effort Sticks Score Hockey Brooms Great Effort Bharat Singh Hockey Sticks

Author:Narendra Modi

“One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.”

Healthy Cups Hockey Germs Stanley Stanley Cup

Author:George Vecsey

“Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.”

Hard Play Games Sports Sacrifice Football Tough Tennis Hockey Cycling Great Sacrifice

Author:Jean de Gribaldy

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